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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is waiting for the Walkers on the entrance ramp of the turnpike in Chapter 11?
(a) Television news crew.
(b) The Major.
(c) Four-hundred-gun-salute.
(d) A marching band.

2. What does Garraty compare the crowd in Augusta to?
(a) A sea of blank faces.
(b) A storm of immense magnitude.
(c) A god that will devour them all.
(d) The roar of the jungle.

3. What two Walkers sit down on the road in Chapter 12?
(a) Pearson and Scramm.
(b) Mike and Joe.
(c) Joe and Scramm.
(d) Scramm and Mike.

4. What road do the Walkers take out of Augusta?
(a) U.S. 202.
(b) County Road 112.
(c) Interstate 10.
(d) Highway 3.

5. What does the yellow sky make Garraty think of?
(a) Sunrise.
(b) A tornado sky.
(c) A sandstorm.
(d) A sunny day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the soldier who gives Garraty his third warning look like?

2. After an almost pink streak in the sky, what did the air smell like?

3. How much time did McVries have from the time he was notified until the walk would start?

4. Who is Garraty's mother's friend who tries to talk him out of the race and what does he do for a living?

5. What is Scramm most likely ill with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does McVries do to try to keep Garraty from obsessing over the time?

2. What had Garraty's girlfriend said about his going on the Long Walk?

3. In Chapter 15, who is the Vegas favorite? What are his odds and why does it look like Vegas may be right?

4. What upsets McVries about the boys in the leather jackets at the front?

5. In Garraty's mind, why are there probably pine trees planted on the median in Chapter 11?

6. What does Stebbins mean when he says to Garraty, "Maybe it's your edge"?

7. Why does McVries pull Garraty away from his girlfriend?

8. When the Walkers reach the 115-mile mark at the beginning of Chapter 9, what locations do they still have ahead of them and in what direction are they headed?

9. Why does Garraty want to see Barkovitch in Chapter 14?

10. In Chapter 11, the boys are honored by the color guard. How do the Walkers respond and why?

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